Adams County History & Genealogy



Adams County, Ohio Descendancies


Descendants of Martin Rankin


(1) Martin Van Buren Rankin b. 1848 d. 1908
    [1880 Census shows him living with his family in Scioto County, Brush Creek
    Twp]
    + Martha Jane Leisure b. 8-12-1855 d. 7-14-1927
      d/o George Leisure and Sarah Albin of Pike County Ohio
    [Martin and Martha were buried in West Union Cemetery, Adams County]
    (2) Lonnie Dell Rankin b. 12-2-1874 d. 10-11-1926
        + John Sherman Huston
    (2) Edward Allen Rankin b. 10-31-1877 d. 1938
        + Anna Wallace
    (2) Bertha Mae Rankin b. 1-6-1880 d.3-7-1957
        + Edward Moore
    (2) Milton Vee Rankin b. 11-20-1882 d. 9-22-1953
        + Glada Blanche Newman, d/o Lafayette Newman and Cora 
        Florence McCann of Adams County. 
        [Milton and Glada Blanche Rankin lived near Peebles]
        (3) Martin Vee Rankin b. 4-11-1910 d. 10-1969
        (3) Roy Allen Rankin b.11-10-1911 d. 1966
        (3) Hurless Everett Rankin b. 12-10-1914 d. 3-1975
        (3) Margaret Margene Rankin deceased
        (3) Florence "Babe" Rankin died in a car crash at age 16
    (2) Charles Cleveland Rankin b. 11-4-1884 d. 2-21-1951
        + Carrie Hupt
    (2) Sophia Folsom Rankin b. 3-12-1888 d. 1964 
        + ____
        + Arthur Elzey
    (2) Oscar Coleman Rankin b. 10-6-1891 d. 1-14-1964
        + Rozella McNelian